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Pliant vs Wavering - What's the difference?

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Pliant is a related term of wavering.


As adjectives the difference between pliant and wavering

is that pliant is capable of plying or bending; readily yielding to force or pressure without breaking; flexible; pliable; lithe; limber; plastic; as, a pliant thread; pliant wax while wavering is fluctuating; being in doubt; undetermined; indecisive; uncertain; unsteady.

As a verb wavering is

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As a noun wavering is

a state of fluctuation or indecision.

pliant

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Capable of plying or bending; readily yielding to force or pressure without breaking; flexible; pliable; lithe; limber; plastic; as, a pliant thread; pliant wax.
  • (figuratively) Easily influenced for good or evil; tractable; as, a pliant heart.
  • * 2013 , A. J. Langguth, Patriots
    • "[The king] had a pliant prime minister and a general who was telling him what he wanted to hear."

    Related terms

    * pliantly

    Derived terms

    * pliantness

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    wavering

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Fluctuating; being in doubt; undetermined; indecisive; uncertain; unsteady.

    • Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A state of fluctuation or indecision.
    • the waverings of politicians, trying to please everybody